New PowerTel billing system by July
Business ReporterINTERNET provider PowerTel says it will start billing customers for the actual data accessed in July when the new billing system that was acquired last month has undergone the necessary tests to make sure it is working properly.
Boost for local car market
Business ReporterSINGAPOREAN automobile giant Kheng Keng Auto’s executives visited Zimbabwe last week to assess the used vehicles car market before the firm begins vehicle and spare parts exports to the country in what is expected to reduce the cost of used cars.
Cyprus pleads to EU, bailout deal approved
NICOSIA. — Cyprus appealed to the EU on Friday for help in weathering a devastating economic crisis, as eurozone ministers approved a 23-billion-euro rescue plan for the nearly bankrupt island.End of the road for DW
Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterDAVID Whitehead has virtually collapsed and provisional judicial manager Mr Winseley Militala has recommended the company be liquidated.
David Whitehead was for the second time placed under judicial management in December 2010, having gone through the same reconstruction between 2005 and 2008 under
Weather information is power
Jeffrey Gogo
RISING climate risks mean that weather and climate information should now be packaged differently, timely and with greater relevance to specific areas, to help small-scale farmers plan better.
Zera eyes more power supplies
Blessing Bonga and Kudakwashe PembereZimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has said the country is set to be self-sufficient in terms of its electricity requirements by 2017 when refurbishments at Kariba Power Station and other developments are expected to be completed.
Boka targets contract farming
Business Reporter
BOKA Tobacco Floors, the country’s largest auction floor, has set sights on contract farming, targeting three million kilogrammes during the next planting season.
“It is a phased programme that we are starting and we will improve as we go,” BTF operations director Mr Moses Bias said in Harare last week.
Econet keeps the lead
Business Reporter
FINANCIAL and equity analysts IH Securities believe Econet Wireless will remain the dominant company in the telecommunications sector, despite seemingly losing about 9,3 percent of the market share.
Reebok dumps Rick Ross
REEBOK has officially ended it’s partnership with Maybach Music mogul Rick Ross.
The sneaker company first felt the heat calling for them to cut off Ross after the release of his latest song “U.O.N.E.O” depicted the rapper performing date rape on a woman:
Jordin’s high heels add spark
AS well as a boosting a woman’s height, a pair of high heels can also increase a woman’s confidence.
And Jordin Sparks had on her brightest smile last Thursday as she graced the Something To Share gala in New York wearing her favourite pair of shoes.


